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Giving evidence at Derby and Derbyshire Coroner’s Court, Detective Inspector Richard Burton said: “At 5.47am on June 30, a report was received that a car was on fire in the car park at Sinfin Moor Park and that there was a body in the driver’s seat of the car.

“The car was registered to Mr Harrison and the fire had not damaged the front number plate which enabled us identify the make and model of the vehicle.

Police and the fire service investigating a car fire in which Sinfin pensioner Malcolm Harrison died (Image: Victoria Wilcox)

“Inquiries revealed that Mr Harrison was then currently part of a court case that was coming into its final day.

“He was the suspect in that court case and it was likely he would have received a custodial sentence (had he been convicted).

“We also now know that he had previously said to his wife that week that he could not stand going to prison.”